Africa's great civilizations.

Resource Information

The work Africa's great civilizations. represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Moses Greeley Parker Memorial Library (Dracut). This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Africa's great civilizations.

Statement of responsibility

with Henry Louis Gates Jr. ; series producer, Graeme Hart ; a production of McGee Media, Inkwell Films, Kunhardt Films and WETA Washington, D.C., in asociation with Nutopia Limited

Contributor

• Hart, Graeme
• Howe, Tom, 1977-
• Inkwell Films (Firm)
• Kunhardt, Peter W.
• McGann, Karen
• McGee, Dyllan
• Quinn, Virginia
• Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
• WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
• Root, Jane, 1957-
• Bates, Martin, (Television producer and director)
• Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.
• PBS Distribution (Firm)
• Nutopia (Firm)
• McGee Media (Firm)
• Goold, Ben
• Kunhardt Films (Firm)

Broadcaster

• Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

Composer

• Howe, Tom, 1977-

Host

• Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.

Production company

• WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
• McGee Media (Firm)
• Nutopia (Firm)
• Kunhardt Films (Firm)
• Inkwell Films (Firm)

Publisher

• PBS Distribution (Firm)

Screenwriter

• Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.

Television director

• McGann, Karen
• Bates, Martin, (Television producer and director)
• Quinn, Virginia

Television producer

• Bates, Martin, (Television producer and director)
• Root, Jane, 1957-
• Quinn, Virginia
• McGee, Dyllan
• McGann, Karen
• Kunhardt, Peter W.
• Hart, Graeme
• Goold, Ben
• Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.

Subject

• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Africa -- Civilization
• Africa -- History
• Civilization
• Africa
• Documentary television programs
• Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
• History
• Nonfiction television programs
• Nonfiction television programs
• Documentary television programs
• Video recordings for people with visual disabilities

Genre

• History
• Documentary television programs
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
• Nonfiction television programs

Language

• eng
• eng
• eng
• eng

Summary

"Africa's Great Civilizations In his six-hour series, Africa's Great Civilizations, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a new look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century. This is a breathtaking and personal journey through two hundred thousand years of history, from the origins, on the African continent, of art, writing, and civilization itself, through the millennia in which Africa and Africans shaped not only their own rich civilizations, but also the wider world. Professor Gates travels the length and breadth of Africa to chronicle the continent's history from a firmly African perspective. His journey takes him from the city of Great Zimbabwe, to the pyramids of Meroe, and the spectacular rock-hewn churches of Lalibela in Ethiopia. The epic story that he tells is full of surprises and unexpected connections, helping us to appreciate the collective and individual genius of Africans who, across thousands of years, built civilizations and empires, fought wars, established great cities, furthered and spread learning, and created some of the most sublime art and architecture in human history." -shoppbs.org

Cataloging source

A7U

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Executive producers for Nutopia, Ben Goold, Jane Root ; executive producers, Henry Louis Gates, Pete Kunhardt, Dyllan McGee

Dewey number

960

Language note

Subtitles in English (SDH) and Descriptive Video for the Visually Impaired in English (DVI)

LC call number

DT14

LC item number

.A37 2017

PerformerNote

Host: Henry Louis Gates Jr

Runtime

360

Technique

live action